[Look at this absolutely adorable ghost that eats you every time you go inside and pukes you back up every time you leave your house! Precious. Nothing is cuter than people vomit. You're welcome for the decorations AND the bonus imagery attached.]
[ She's SO INTO THIS. Thank god Adventure Time is all about gross junk. It actually gets her into the mood to buy some matching decorations before night comes, all white ghosts and skeletons. Nothing is cuter than people vomit. Too bad these guys were anon! ]
Hey PB, if you get a message from a guy called Atomic Robo or whatever, I sent him. He's big into science and wants to find a way out of here, so I thought you'd probably be better for helping him out than I would.
[ FP wouldn't have given Bubblegum her name otherwise, right? Or was that taking it a step too far? Even Bonnibel feels a little weird about it, but how is she going to get used to using it if she doesn't practice? Ugh. Anyway. ]
If it's weird to you, just... let me know.
[ This is hard. There's a little pause. ]
It's been a while since the swear-in. Did you go to the last one?
Sorry for messaging you out of the blue. I'm looking to form a sort of brain trust out here. People seem pretty pessimistic about the idea of figuring out a way home, but if nothing else it'll give us something to do. You came highly recommended. Would you be interested in discussing the idea further?
Well, I mean-... [ Ugh, communicating properly is hard? Since Bubblegum doesn't know where that line is that she can't cross. They're not friends or enemies. She might just be able to ask this without coming off as weird or invasive, but there's always a chance of FP deciding that she's trying too hard. Please let this not be weird. ]
You lost your boyfriend. You just said you've kinda still been upset about it. So what've you been doing to help yourself feel better?
I just said what I've been doing, PB... [A sigh.] Bonnibel.
Yeah, I miss him and it still hurts a lot... and I'm not really sure if that part's going to stop, but I'm sick of just feeling sorry for myself. It was what I did for a while and it didn't help anything, and I know he wouldn't want me to do that, either.
If this was Ooo, I'd go back to only focusing on taking care of the Fire Kingdom, but I can't do that here. All I can do is the junk I do every day, and hope that maybe things will stop sucking so much later.
hey! flame princess told me you would contact me. super nice to meet you.
i got hit with the same slack when i first got here too, but everyone's got their baggage when they say we can't find a way out. i'm fine talking it out on this messaging system, but we can meet up and talk about it when you've got a second if that makes it any easier.
and you can skip it with the formalities. i'm not princess of anything here. you can just call me bubblegum.
[ It's a start. A little, tiny, hopeful one. Flame Princess is opening up to her at least a little. She has to play this right. ]
I'm glad you're not letting it stop you. I think that's the right way to go. ...Living without a Kingdom around to take care of is bonkers, isn't it? And you've been here longer than I have. [ But she's ruled for much less. Hm. ]
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